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f***in eh. Actually it's 27k and change per day, drunk math is bad math. But still lots of hookers and blow.

He's signed for (likely) the rest of his career and makes $54k daily living in Florida. He might get the dreaded long term big money disease. He didn't catch it with his last contract cause he still needed to earn another one. Now he's set...chill time.

Bishop at #6 hahahaha We should roll with Bernier. Never thought i'd say that.

Well, Hasek did it damn well at his age..Howard just did it wrong. Your supposed to take out the skaters legs. Osgood confirmed during post game.

$9.5 million???? OK, he won the Vezina last season, but completely collapsed in the playoffs, where it counts. Regular season hardware increases contracts, but $9.5 million for 8 years? Considering what Bob got from Florida though, he probably used that to his advantage.

I would have liked to get McElhinney, but there was no reason for Yzerman to look at him unless he could move Howard or Bernier. Tampa got him for $1.3 million per for two seasons to back up Vaz. I dunno how that guy isn't making more money, especially after last season. He only got around a 400k raise...

Yeah man, 7 years at 10 million per is pretty insane. Signed till age 36. I don't think he'll ever win a Cup down there either. But he obv went for the huge payday over winning..i'm sure he could have joined a contender for less money. Knight is a great prospect, but all goalies are a toss up when drafted..there's rarely sure bets. But if he does play stellar behind Bob, they'll be forced to trade him when he starts demanding his worth. No way they can afford to have a $4 million or so backup in Florida with Bob making $10 million. I remember 1996 when Vanbiesbrouck took Florida to the Finals. They got swept by the Avs, but they had only been in the league for like three years, Beezer was an expansion grab. He played out of his mind there, always liked that dude.

I'm pleased with the Seider pick. Came kinda out of left field, but Yzerman took him in the top 10 for a reason. He's already 6'2-3, over 200lbs, skilled, trains like mad. We needed D, we got some. Biggest surprised was a goalie, Knight going 13th. They're usually avoided that high up unless it's a Price/Fleury, but Florida needed goaltending. Then they signed Bobrovsky to a massive long term deal, so i guess this kid will get all the time he needs to develop.

As for Filpulla, i'm ok with it. Our roster is looking pretty damn thin. I can't believe the Leafs ditched Marleau's contract to Carolina (who promptly bought it out lol), traded Kadri for a half-priced Barrie and dumped the Zaitsev contract on Ottawa. It's like everything they needed to happen just went their way. Besides Marner..yet. But they have the money now. No hype, just facts. Pickard was brought in to challenge Bernier. If he can do that, it's a win. But he doesn't come with the best track record and the two year deal is one year too much imo.

Calvin Pickard, baby!!! 27 years old, heading to his 6th NHL team (Colorado, Vegas, Toronto, Philadelphia, Arizona, Detroit), waived twice last year. League minimum for depth, and he'll most likely play in GR unless Howard or Bernier are hurt, although he's expected to be given a shot to compete with Bernier for the backup role. But why the two year deal? And as far as i can see, it's not two way. Wouldn't that mean he'd need to clear waivers each time if he needs to come up, or is he good to move up/down freely in emergency callups? Can't say a team wouldn't grab him either, he's always found a team each time he's hit waivers. Maybe Yzerman is hoping he can push Bernier out and then trade him for late picks and some retained salary? If he can pull it off, i'm all for it, but big if. HAHAHAHAHA

LOL All good.

I'm thinking this one is over. Blues are one win away from their first Conference title in team history. Back when they made the Finals three straight years from '67-'68 to '69-'70 and were swept in all three, the format was screwed up with the Original 6 in one division and all the '67 expansion franchises in another. Can't even really count those, as the Blues had no chance of winning against Montreal and Boston.

Post dump bear hate here.

4-0 Dump Bears win and sweep the series. I didn't see a sweep coming, that's for sure, but Carolina just couldn't get it done. Too many bad penalties, missed chances, bad defensive plays, and switching goalies didn't work either.

Oh man, if they could pull it out in 7 that would be a heavy burn, but that's pretty unlikely. Never say never, I guess. If Boston plays SJ or STL, doesn't matter as long as they win their franchise first cup by beating Boston. The Thornton storyline would be cool. He doesn't look like he's got much left in him. Let the man finally raise one and retire.

So Mac did get the start, will probably get next one too. It was kind of hinted about before. Lost the game anyways, pretty much last chance, cause they are not climbing out of a 3-0 hole. Dump Bears are pretty much Finals bound...disgusting.

They JUST beat Anaheim in 7 with a late 3rd period goal. Think it was Draper that scored. Lost the first game to Chicago, took the next three. Then dropped the rest, lost in OT in Game 7 2-1. Put a good scare in them either way, but it would have been nice to win 1 of 3. FFS. haha

They did give him the full time starting job, he lost it. As Osgood did more than once. And then instead of hanging onto him to work with him more, as they did with Osgood, it was "OMG we owe him $4 million, trade him!" And then Holland signed Bernier for $3 million a year for 3 anyways, so the money excuse didn't really fly with me. They gave up on him too early, but he didn't make the decision too hard on them either. His first contract negotiations with Holland didn't go as smooth as Holland thought they would. Seems like there was still bad blood there, and when he acted entitled, slacked off, and wouldn't take coaching advice, his fate was sealed. Goaltending had never been an easy job in Detroit during The Streak, still isn't. People jumped on every goalie down the line for many reasons. Chevy (sucked), Bob (sucked), Ozzie (inconsistency and back breaking playoff goals in his first stint), Cujo (unwarranted hate IMO, he was great), Legace (for s***ting the bed in '06 playoffs), Hasek during his second stint (bad goals and falling apart in '08), Howard (inconsistent), Conklin during his second stint (sucked), Gustavsson (made of glass) and Mrazek (inconsistent, attitude problem). No Detroit goalie has been universally loved by fans..Vernon might be the exception but i'm sure some hate him for no reason at all. Ozzie even still has haters to this day, despite what he did in '08-'09.

Yes. He was robbed of that Smythe. And another Cup, IMO. Only allowed 14 goals in 7 games. That series annoys me to this day anytime I see video of the end of Game 7, because it never should have gotten that far. Up 2-0, had to win two of five and couldn't do it. And Game 7 was one of the flattest performances by a home team in the Finals i've ever watched. Was unreal how it all fell apart.

The Wings allowed Osgood quite a bit of time to develop and tried to avoid throwing him into the full time starter's role as much as they could until he was truly ready. They had the ability to do that back then, as there wasn't Cup expectations quite yet. The Cheveldae trade for bobblin' Bob was absolutely pointless, and did nothing to help Osgood out. Vernon was crucial in Osgood's development IMO. Ozzie was at an elite level in the '08 and '09 playoffs, Smythe worthy performances. Def one of my all time faves as well, got his autographed picture on the wall. If he doesn't get into the HHOF, it would only be because he didn't win a Vezina, which seems to be mandatory criteria to get in as a goaltender. His other achievements and his career numbers should win out over that though, eventually. Had he won a Vezina, he'd already be in.

I know.

I hope they can. But if not, still a season well beyond expectations for that team. Especially with the doubts in goal heading into it and their expected starter who talked of a rebound season being demoted permanently to the AHL.

Yeah. The video does mention that though, to be fair.

Well, got two back too late. 6-2. Better win those two coming up at home, boys. Pathetic game today.